This week, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) published for the first time a list of details and functionalities of algorithms used in the apps of large Internet corporations such as Tencent, Alibaba, Meituan and ByteDance. In doing so, China’s Internet regulator aims to allow users deeper insight and self-determination and “promote healthy development of […]
Jing Du took up the position of Digital Marketing Manager at Melchers China in August. The marketing expert wants to break new ground in digital communication at the Bremen-based service provider for market expansion and trade. Jing previously worked for the German Chamber of Commerce Abroad and the German Academic Exchange Service in China, among […]
At the end of May, you visited Oslo, where a copy of the “Pillar of Shame” was erected on a university campus during the Freedom Forum Conference. You are currently working to ensure that a copy of the artwork by Danish artist Jens Galshiøst also finds a temporary home in Berlin. What symbolic value do […]
Family gathering in the Chinese province. Five men are seated around a table, slightly drunk, waiting for their wives to serve the next dishes. With shot glasses at the ready, they question the youngest: “Fei, do you have a girlfriend yet? Your father has been waiting for a grandchild for a long time,” says one […]
Ulf Roeller will take over as head of the ZDF studio in Brussels on October 1. The TV journalist is moving there from Beijing, where he has headed the ZDF East Asia Studio since September 2019.Sebi Karakus has been Managing Director at Sensorview Taiwan since July. The company, which is headquartered in Seoul, specializes in […]
According to a report by Bloomberg, smartphone manufacturers will no longer be allowed to offer their devices in India for less than Rs12,000 – the equivalent of € 147,00. The Chinese brand Xiaomi, which is the market leader in India with a market share of over 20 percent, would be particularly affected by the government’s […]
Before Nancy Pelosi flew from Taiwan to South Korea on Wednesday afternoon, she met with three high-profile human rights and democracy activists behind closed doors in Taipei: Lam Wing-kee, a Hong Kong bookseller who was forced to flee to the island in 2019 due to his political publications; Lee Ming-che, a Taiwanese NGO worker who […]
Once upon a time… China’s Internet users reacted creatively to Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit by merging an old yearbook photo of the US politician with a military photo of Hu Xijin, former editor-in-chief of the Global Times. Hu, who commented on Twitter in late July that China had the right to shoot down Pelosi’s plane […]
Guoying Zhu took over the position of Key Account Manager China at mediCAD last month. The German company develops process optimization software for orthopedic surgery. Previously, Zhu was responsible for Sales & Business Development China/Asean for the Bavarian software developer for one and a half years.Honggang Du has been Team Leader of Online Business at […]
China has apparently expanded its nuclear testing facilities in the autonomous region of Xinjiang. This is indicated by satellite images published earlier this week by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei Asia and evaluated in cooperation with nuclear experts.According to the report, extensive covers have been erected on a mountainside at China’s Lop Nur nuclear weapons test […]